Claud Stephen Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore (15 January 1911 – 29 March 1994) was an English architect specialising in larger country houses who succeeded to his family's title in 1990. He was educated at

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, where he was a member of the

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. He was married to Anne Elizabeth Dorrien-Smith (b.1911), daughter of Major Arthur Dorrien-Smith. Their son Francis Stephen Phillimore (b. 1944) succeeded as 5th Baron Phillimore. Claud Phillimore 4th Baron Phillimore bronze bust by sculptor Laurence Broderick

Claud Phillimore 4th Baron Phillimore bronze bust by sculptor Laurence Broderick

Architectural works

These include: *

Knowsley Hall Knowsley Hall is a stately home near Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It is the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby. The hall is surrounded by of parkland, which contains the Knowsley S ...

Prescot Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. It lies about to the east of Liverpool city centre. At the 2001 Census, the civil parish population was 11,184 (5,265 males, 5,919 femal ...

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, (1953–54), reduction and reconstruction of the hall; construction of the New House in the grounds. *11 Binney Street,

Mayfair Mayfair is an area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane and one of the most expensive districts ...

, London (1957), interior remodelled with Aubrey Jenkins for Viscount Ridley. * Brocklesby Hall,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, (1957-58), drastic reduction and remodelling. *The Dower House in the grounds of

Arundel Castle Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England. It was established by Roger de Montgomery in the 11th century. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and earl ...

Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...

, (1959). *The Durdans,

Epsom Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain ...

Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...

(1950s), reduction and reconstruction. * Killruddery House,

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, Republic of Ireland (1950s), reduction and reconstruction. *Rademon House, Crossgar, County Down, Northern Ireland - 1950s, rebuilt after a fire. * Aske Hall,

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, (1963-4), demolition of ballroom and reduction of wings. *Tusmore House,

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

, (1964), demolished. *

Villa Foscari Villa Foscari is a villa in Mira, near Venice, northern Italy, designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The home was constructed by Palladio for two patrician brothers. It was built in the mid 1550s. It is also known as ' ...

near Venice, Italy: renovation work; Phillimore inherited the house in 1965 from Alberto Clinton Landsberg, but sold it to architect Prof. Antonio ("Tonci"), Count Foscari (b. 1938), in 1973. *23 St Anselm's Place, Mayfair, London, (1966–67) as a private residence for the fourth Duke of Westminster. *Cubberley, a house in the

Wye Valley The Wye Valley () is a valley in Wales and England. The River Wye () is the Rivers of Great Britain#Longest rivers in the United Kingdom, fourth-longest river in the United Kingdom. The upper part of the valley is in the Cambrian Mountains an ...

Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...

(1971), replacing an earlier house.

Arms

References

1911 births 1994 deaths 20th-century English architects 4 Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) officers {{UK-architect-stub